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Griffin/Pewterschmidt Family
Francis Griffin
Francis Griffin
Voiced by: Charles Durning
Debut: "Holy Crap"
Peter's devout Catholic legal father.
- Abusive Parents: He's a total jerk to Peter but there's a reason-Peter's not his biological son, since Thelma cheated on him with an Irish drunk. Even so, as Brian points out, the fact that he still raised Peter as if he was his own son did show that he loved him, despite everything.
- Ambiguous Situation: It’s never been confirmed if Karen is his child or Mickey McFinnigan's, as Thelma has been stated to have had a one night stand with Mickey that lead to Peter's conception. Though it's more likely that she is Francis' daughter, as Peter mentions to Mickey that he knocked up Thelma and never called her again.
- Berserk Button: Disobeying Catholicism in any way, shape, or form will make him angrier than he usually is. Examples include violating the Ten Commandments, marrying a woman of a different religion, and god forbid, forsaking Catholicism for another religion. The last one pisses him off so much that he briefly comes back as a ghost to Peter to warn him of the dangers of forsaking his religion.
- Dad the Veteran: Peter alludes to Francis having fought in World War II.
- Dying Declaration of Hate: "Peter... You're a fat stinkin' drunk!"
- The Fundamentalist: Francis is rigid in his Catholicism to the point of absurdity. When the Pope was fine with Peter's interfaith marriage to Lois and tries to convince Francis to accept Peter's marriage, Francis deems the Pope to have gotten soft.
- Grumpy Old Man: Rather old and an extremely grumpy Jerkass.
- Hate Sink: Not as bad as other characters in this show, but still obnoxious enough to qualify. Francis is written with the intention that the audience will dislike him, owing to Francis constantly disrespecting his son (even beyond ordinary parent-child power struggles), constantly telling Peter that he'll never be good enough, and constantly getting on everyone's nerves with his extremely strict adherence to Catholic doctrine.
- Holier Than Thou: He's a devout Catholic, but believes that he and only he knows anything about how it works. In his debut in "Holy Crap", Francis even talks back to the freakin' Pope that "even a stick-shaking Baptist" can see that Peter isn't good enough. This is despite the fact that, in Catholicism, the Pope is the human connection between the mortal and the divine. The Pope even admits that Peter "must have the patience of a saint" to put up with how infuriating Francis can be.
- I Am Not Your Father: It was revealed that Francis was not Peter's biological father, but an Irishman named Mickey McFinnigan. A series of memories show Francis constantly told Peter this.
- Jerkass: His primary character trait is just what a huge pain in the ass he is. Part of why he was killed off as the writers kept finding it harder to write for him for this reason.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As revealed in an early episode he loves Peter, he just doesn't like him (especially after he married a woman who was Protestant and later, revealed to be Jewish).
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He doesn't hate Peter, as he points out in his debut episode, but he pointedly refuses to show him any kindness because he considers Peter a massive disappointment. This doesn't change for any of his appearances, or even beyond the grave.
- Killed Off for Real: On "Peter's Two Dads" where a drunken Peter falls on him while riding a unicycle, mortally injuring him. He suffered crushed ribs, busted spleen and a punctured lung. Charles Durning's ill health (and subsequent passing) also played a role in the decision not to have Francis appear any longer.
- Obnoxious In-Laws: He doesn't like that Peter has married a woman who was Protestant ( and, later, revealed to be Jewish).
- Pet the Dog: As much of an asshole as he is, he does have these in each major appearance:
- Telling Peter he loves him and hugging him in "Holy Crap".
- Teaming up with Brian to snap Peter out of his delusions in "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz".
- Encouraging Peter (as a ghost, no less) to use being a "fat, stinking drunk" to prove to Mickey McFinnegan that he's his son in "Peter's Two Dads".
- Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: Extremely rude and confrontational to everyone. The Pope was ready to excommunicate him after just a few seconds in Francis' presence.
- Workaholic: The factory he worked at had to quite literally force him to retire, and even then, he broke in after hours just to work more. When Peter points out that he was obsessed with work to the point of neglecting his son, he just smiles proudly.
Carter Pewterschmidt
Barbara "Babs" Pewterschmidt
Barbara "Babs" Pewterschmidt
Voiced by: Alex Borstein
Debut: "Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater"
Lois's wealthy mother.
- Dark and Troubled Past: She's a survivor of the Holocaust.
- Depending on the Writer: Her feelings about Peter. Either she hates him like her husband does or likes him and is amused by his antics. For the most part, she seems to be indifferent towards him. However, she was willing to sleep with him to save his marriage to Lois.
- Fan Disservice: Her magazine shoot in "Fresh Heir".
- Gold Digger: Depending on the Writer, she is either a woman who married into money, or genuinely Happily Married to Carter. Her backstory with Carter indicates the latter.
- Hypocrite: In "Welcome Back Carter," she was outraged to learn about her husband cheating on her, and kicked him out. However, she had jumped at the chance to sleep with Peter in "Bill And Peter's Bogus Journey," just to spite Carter. And this isn't even mentioning the three other men she's had affairs with in the past (including Jackie Gleeson, which traumatized her son).
- Out of Focus: Compared to her husband, she has very little screentime.
- Noodle Incident: This trope is occasionally invoked to explain Babs' absence in episodes that revolve around Carter (for example, her apparently being held for ransom for unknown reasons in "Peterschmidt Manor").
- Satellite Character: Much of the time when she does, it usually has something do with Carter or Lois. It isn't until Season 18's "Absolutely Babulous" that she becomes a primary focus of an episode.
Carol Pewterschmidt
Carol Pewterschmidt
Carol (right)
Voiced by: Carol Kane ("Emission Impossible"), Julie Hagerty ("Brothers & Sisters"-Present)
Debut: "Emission Impossible"
Lois's younger sister.
- Ascended Extra: Before Season 9, she only had one appearance in "Emission Impossible" and a cameo in "The Fat Guy Strangler". Ever since she got married to Adam West, she had more regular appearances. Justified, as she previously lived in Texas prior to meeting Mayor West.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Not her, but her infant son born in "Emission Impossible" is not seen in the other episodes where his mother appears on screen. He has never been mentioned at all but could be living with his biological father.
- Fourth-Date Marriage: Really. She marries Adam not long after getting divorced and meeting him.
- Happily Married: With the Mayor West since "Brothers & Sisters".
- Nice Girl: From what we see of her. If not for her self-esteem issues, it's clear she's a rather nice person overall.
- Overly Long Name: Carol (née Pewterschmidt, previously Johnson, Carrington, Stone, O'Craggity, Canseco, Shteinholtz, Washington, Proudfoot and Fong).
- Palette Swap: She is practically a copy of Lois, the only difference being the clothing and the hair.
- Serial Spouse: Married for nine times before meeting Adam West.
Patrick Pewterschmidt
Jasper
Jasper
Voiced by: Seth MacFarlane
Debut: "E. Peterbus Unum"
Brian's gay cousin. Like him, he's also an anthropomorphic dog.
- Camp Gay: Doesn't even begin to describe him, as he's basically every gay stereotype rolled into one character.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Disappeared after the gay marriage episode, due to him not being well-received.
- Early-Bird Cameo: On the episode, "E. Peterbus Unum," Jasper first appeared in a cutaway of Peter bringing home something the family doesn't really need: a second dog (one who was basically a Camp Gay Brian who asks for Cheese Doodles and honks a clown horn). Jasper was also seen near the end of "The Thin White Line" working at Club Med when Brian tells the family that he's leaving for California and will be living with his cousin.
- The Bus Came Back: Reappears in "Life Of Brian" and season 11's "Brian's Play", albeit in very short non-speaking cameos.
Vinny
Vinny
Voiced by: Tony Sirico
Debut: "Life Of Brian"
A Wiseguy (well, Wisedog) with an Italian accent, and a streetwise attitude. Purchased at the pet store by the Griffins after Brian's now undone death.
- American Accents: He speaks with something of a New-York dialect.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Compared to other characters.
- The Cameo: He makes a brief appearance at the end of "The Boys in the Band", having replaced Brian in the band "Red Shirt, Blue Shirt."
- Contrasting Replacement Character:
- To Brian. Though they're both talking dogs, Brian is an atheist (pseudo-)intellectual with strong left-wing views, while Vinnie is religious, a bit of a musclehead, and doesn't try to hide his prejudices against homosexuals and other minorities.
- Has another one in New Brian, this time in terms of personality. In terms of exterior, New Brian seemed genuinely polite and friendly, but when he finds out Stewie dislikes him, he reveals his true smug personality. In contrast, Vinnie seemed rough and tough but when he finds out that Stewie dislikes him because he replaced Brian, he offers him his sympathies and emotional support, showing how he's genuinely kindhearted deep down.
- Gratuitous Italian: He refers to Stewie by a pseudo-Italian version of his name. Stewie immediately tells him that it doesn't remotely sound like an Italian variant of his name.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He doesn't die, but he helped Stewie go back in time to save Brian's life, knowing fully well that this would result in him never being adopted by Peter.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He acts tough, beats up people for acting different, and tends to insult people on occasions, but he does really care for others as he tried to help Stewie get over Brian's death and also let Stewie go back to the past and save Brian's life, even though it meant he would never meet The Griffins. Despite his Italian mafia vive, he can actually be a really Nice Guy.
- The Lost Lenore: Subverted - though he seems to have been upset by the death of his previous owner (Leo), he seems to have moved on. He is quickly able to understand that the Griffins are going through similar grief, and does his best to be their new companions.
- Mix-and-Match Critter: Is 1/16th cat, or, as he calls himself, a "Pussyhound".
- Nice Guy: Despite his mafia connections, he actually does care deeply for the Griffins who took him in, especially Stewie. When Stewie told him that when he saves Brian's life, he would probably never see him again. Vinny acts very selflessly and even though he has loved his time with the Griffins, he is wiling to give up that experience for their renewed happiness.
- Pet the Dog: Comforting Stewie following Brian's (now undone) death.
- Politically Incorrect Hero: Just ask poor "Johnny Chickstuff".
- Promoted to Opening Titles: Although he didn't last long enough to enjoy it.
- Replacement Goldfish: Stewie doesn't take this fact very well.
- Ret-Gone: As a result of Stewie's time traveling to save Brian. Since Brian wasn't run over, the Griffins never got a new dog.
- Sucksessor: For Stewie, but he earns his friendship by helping him cope with Brian's death.
- Temporary Substitute: To Brian.
- Unfortunate Item Swap: In an attempt to cheer Stewie up, he gives him a present. To his horror, it's a dismembered body part. Vinny then realises that there's been a mix-up, as he was supposed to send it to some mobsters as a message, who now instead have Stewie's present (a toy train).
- Weaksauce Weakness: Being told bad news about Italian-Americans can give him heart problems. Telling good news has the opposite effect on him.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Only appeared in two and a half episodes, although he is seen at the end of "The Boys in a Band".
Jess Schlotz
Jess Schlotz
Voiced by: Casey Wilson
Debut: "Married ... with Cancer"
An adventurous woman, who wants to spend every day like there's no tomorrow. This is because she has cancer, and there just might not be a tomorrow for her. She marries Brian during her debut episode.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Subverted. The end of “Dead Dog Walking” sets up Brian and Jess’ reconciliation, but it’s then established that they are not resuming their relationship out of genuine love, but because they cynically believe that marriage is the union of two people who want each other to die.
- Disney Death: At the end of "Married ... With Cancer", she chokes to death on a nacho. At her funeral, she spontaneously gasps for air and rises from her coffin, happily exclaiming that she is alive.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: Jess’ relationship with Brian is the driving force behind both episodes she appears in, but she is abruptly Killed Offscreen at the end of “Dead Dog Walking” in order to re-establish the status quo. The show lampshades and mocks the suddenness of her death.Lois: Brian, I’m sorry Jess died during the commercial break, but it was a very nice funeral service.
- Fat Slob: Although Jess started off as a thin, pretty woman, she gains a lot of weight after being cured of her cancer. To celebrate her regained appetite, Jess wolfs down her entire honeymoon buffet, accidentally getting some chewed food on Brian's face while kissing him.
- Like You Were Dying: Jess knows she doesn't have much time left to live, so she decides to spend her final days having wildly unconventional sex with Brian.
- The Topic of Cancer: Jess is a victim of cancer, so her arc revolves around the disease.
- Unwanted Spouse: Upon agreeing to marry Jess, Brian is ecstatic to find out that his new reputation as an altruist has made him extremely popular with women. As a result, once Jess' cancer goes into remission, he immediately starts to resent their union.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Despite being Brian's wife, Jess dies off-screen at the end of "Dead Dog Walking", the episode right after her debut.
- Your Days Are Numbered: Dr. Gravitas told her that she only had a month to live, before cancer took her away. Subverted in that her disease miraculously vanishes in her wedding day.
Thelma Griffin
Thelma Griffin
Voiced by: Florence Stanley ("Holy Crap"), Phyllis Diller (2006 - 2012), Alex Borstein (2017)
Debut: "Holy Crap"
Peter's mother.
- The Alcoholic: She drinks a lot, although nowhere near as bad as her son.
- Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Because she was impregnated by Mickey McFinnegan, she tried to abort Peter to prevent Francis from finding out that she's pregnant. However, her attempt failed as Peter came out of her during the attempted abortion. She loved him at first sight of him proper though.
- Killed Offscreen: Thelma dies off-screen after her second voice actress died.
- Ms. Vice Girl: She loves Peter with all her heart and she gets along well his him and his family. However her smoking and alcoholic nature has gotten in the way of being an ideal mother. It's implied without it Peter may have become a better person.
- Parents as People: Though Thelma is much more loving towards Peter than Francis, her alcoholic nature still leads to several childhood accounts of her being abusive or neglectful.
- Small Parent, Huge Child: Downplayed. Thelma is only a little shorter than her son Peter, though he's definitely heftier than her.
Quahog Preschool
Miss Tammy
Miss Tammy
Voiced by: Rachael MacFarlane
Debut: "This Little Piggy"
Stewie's preschool teacher.
- Must Have Nicotine: Miss Tammy buys cigarettes from a guy she met on Craigslist.
- Naughty by Night: Despite being an educator of toddlers, Miss Tammy went to the Rhode Island Folk Festival in "This Little Piggy", where Stewie saw her get drunk, go wild, and have her boob pop out.
- Satellite Character: Really only appears as a side character in Stewie's stories.
Doug
Quahog Hospital
Dr. Elmer Hartman
Dr. Elmer Hartman
Voiced by: Seth MacFarlane
Debut: "Death Is a Bitch"
The Griffin family's doctor.
- Ambiguously Gay: During Quagmire's operation transplant, Hartman claims he's not gay since he doesn't transplant a penis to Quagmire after he lost his manhood to a shark. However in "Hefty Shades of Gray", it is revealed that he has a husband, known only as "Mr. Ramirez".
- Depending on the Writer: In some episodes (during later seasons), he slides between being a competent doctor or terrible one.
- Informed Flaw: While the later seasons make numerous jokes about him being an incompetent quack who possibly never went to medical school we have yet to see him give a bad diagnosis, or screw-up an operation or surgery.
- Pet the Dog: When Peter is in need of a kidney, Hartman ends up donating his own when he learns he is a perfect match, saving Brian who was originally going to do it. Also a case of Enlightened Self-Interest since he couldn't afford to lose two patients, since Peter probably wouldn't have lived with Brian's kidneys.
- When Meg was working under Doctor Hartman, he was being continually kind and encouraging to her.
- Running Gag: He'll say something that sounds like it's bad news for his patient, then immediately reveal he was talking about an unrelated matter ("That liver's got to come out...of the microwave, or it'll dry out!"). The later seasons have him accidentally switching the last and first words of his sentence, usually when giving a diagnosis; then laughing about it. The listener, usually Lois, is not amused. ("Your coma's in a daughter.")
- Took a Level in Dumbass: For the first few seasons, he was a mostly competent doctor with a sense of humor as his one failing. In recent years, he has become a quack, with a severe lack of medical knowledge, and is implied to have several botched procedures under his belt.
- The Unseen: He mentions his children several times, often during his aforementioned schtick, but none of them have been seen to date.
Dr. Gravitas
Dr. Gravitas
Voiced by: Phil LaMarr
Debut: "Married ... With Cancer"'
Another doctor at Quahog Hospital, who, unlike Dr. Hartman takes his job very seriously.
- Dressed to Heal: Wears a typical white lab coat and stethoscope, like all doctors on Earth.
- Meaningful Name: Like his name suggests, Dr. Gravitas is a very serious and no-nonsense kind of guy.
- The Medic: Plays this role, whenever the situation is too dire for Dr. Hartman.
- The Stoic: Dr. Gravitas is dead serious and never so much as cracks a single joke.
- Straight Man: To Dr. Hartman's more comic doctoring style.
Working Men
Mayor Adam West
Mayor Adam West
Voiced by: Adam West
Debut: "Fifteen Minutes of Shame"
The late eccentric mayor of Quahog.
- Adam Westing: One of the most famous examples.
- Cloudcuckoolander: The biggest in the series. West brings his own creamed corn to the theater because the creamed corn they have there is too crunchy. He once dispatched the entire Quahog police force to Colombia to rescue the heroes of Romancing the Stone. He chases people off his property with a Cat Launcher. He also thought that Adam We was his real name right after complaining to Joe that he's missing extra Bright Light pieces to properly spell his name completely.Adam West: My God! Someone's stealing my water!
Meg: But it just went down the drain.
Adam West: They hit when you least expect it.- His strategy to distract people from the "Dig 'Em" scandal—jingle keys from his window. Then he gets hit by someone throwing a brick and starts to bleed.Adam West: My God! I'm a tomato!
- In one episode, he hears Stewie shouting in horror and believes that Quahog is trying to start a shouting match with him.
- His strategy to distract people from the "Dig 'Em" scandal—jingle keys from his window. Then he gets hit by someone throwing a brick and starts to bleed.
- Comically Missing the Point: When he sees a traumatized Peter Griffin running from his doctor in the nude after an attempted prostate exam:Adam West: Ugh, get a tan.
- Corrupt Politician: He has wasted thousands of the taxpayers' dollars on finding out what happened to the water he pours on his plants and on a giant gold statue of Honey Smacks cereal's mascot, "Dig 'Em" the frog.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: When he kills the Noid.
- Fourth-Date Marriage: With Carol in Brothers and Sisters, as he proposed to her after a date.
- The Jailbait Wait: Adam West falls in love with Meg, but is willing to wait until she's mature enough for a full romance (either 18note , 21note , or 25note ).
- He also does this to shield her from a potential erupting scandal, as he's used to scandal and scrutiny, but doesn't want Meg's life to be ruined because of it.
- Killed Off for Real:
After the real Adam West's tragic passing, he was shown as a ghost in "No Giggity, No Doubt" and later confirmed to be dead in "Adam West High". - Obfuscating Insanity: In "Dr C and the Women", Cleveland (acting as a therapist) surmised that West's wacky persona was merely a calculated ruse to distract others from his dark, criminal and sociopathic tendencies, to which West flat out tells him he's completely right, before putting spaghetti on his head. Later on, West returns to Cleveland's practice, announcing that he has killed several people (while wearing ducks on his feet).
Mr. Jonathan Weed
Mr. Jonathan Weed
Voiced by: Butch Hartman (Season 1), Carlos Alazraqui (Season 2 - present)
Debut: "Death Has a Shadow"
Previous owner of the toy factory where Peter used to work at before he died.
- Ambiguously Brown: While it is usually assumed that Mr. Weed is Latino due to his accent and second voice actor's ethnicity, his ethnicity is never stated outright, neither Jonathan Weed nor Bermudagrass are Spanish names, and Butch Hartman voiced him without an accent in the pilot pitch. As a result, some fans believe him to be Middle Eastern or French, among other ethnicities.
- Ambiguously Gay: Compared to Mr. Waterman on The Cleveland Show, the closet isn't as transparent with Mr. Weed as it is with Mr. Waterman, but there are clues that Mr. Weed was gay (or, as Peter described him, "an effeminate weirdo."), like when he hired a hunky baseball player while wearing X-ray glasses, or Peter saying he saw the new baseball player "bench press" Mr. Weed in the locker room, or his interest in Michelangelo's Statue of David's penis and Peter's "Mr. Zucchini Head" toy, or the beginning of Mr. Weed's video will, which has him talking to his (male) one-night stand while making breakfast. The ambiguity is likely due to how early of a character he was; the Quest for Stuff app game is a little clearer about it.
- Killed Off for Real: Choked to death on a dinner roll in the episode "Mr. Saturday Knight", right when he was about to give Peter his promotion.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: From what we saw, he was a pretty fair employer. Despite Peter's stupidity causing him problems note , he still gave Peter plenty of chances to fix his mistakes. And when Peter impressed him with a dinner invitation, he gave him a big promotion.
Jerome
Jerome
Voiced by: Kevin Michael Richardson
Debut: "Jerome is the New Black"
A man Peter befriended when Cleveland first left Quahog. Peter grew paranoid when he found out Jerome and Lois used to date, but his fears proved to be unfounded. Jerome currently runs the Drunken Clam following the death of the previous owner, Horace.
- The Ace: Jerome is a skilled athlete, EMT, cook, and is apparently, according to Lois, a glorious lover. He's also incredibly nice (although he does have his asshole moments like almost every other character in the show). Later on, he also becomes a great bartender when he takes over Horace's bar after the latter dies.
- Ascended Extra: Appeared in one Season 8 episode before becoming a recurring character later on.
- Dark and Troubled Past: In "Follow the Money", he reveals that he lost both his first wife and a daughter in an accident after his weather.
- Double Standard: His views regarding interracial relationships: He believes white men only go out with black women as a "novelty", yet he considers his former relationship with Lois as a "beautiful experience".
- Ephebophile: Mentions to Peter in his debut episode that he had nasty sex with his teenaged daughter Meg.
- Heel–Face Turn: At the end of "Baby Got Black", when his daughter, Pam, asks, "Is that what you wanted me to learn, Daddy?". He realizes that, just because he's had negative transgressions involving race, doesn't mean his daughter has to have them.
- Hypocrite: In "The New Adventures of Old Tom", he jokingly asks Peter where his "boyfriends" are tonight. When the sullen Peter asks him the very same thing, Jerome reacts with extreme anger.
- Jerkass Ball:
- Grabs it really hard in the episode when Chris starts dating his daughter Pam. He reveals what a horrible racist he can really be when he reveals that he doesn't want his daughter dating a white guy, whereas Peter is completely fine with it and is rightly appalled by Jerome's attitude. He even says that black people can't be racist and tries to justify his behavior by citing some of his own bad experiences, both half-assed excuses for trying to keep his daughter from dating someone who's white. Thankfully, he finally sees the error of his ways by the end of the episode.
- In another episode, he openly and callously tells Cleveland that the only reason he started hanging out with him is because they're both black guys, and that he wouldn't be friends with him otherwise, as he considers Clevelend "boring".
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite not liking idea of Chris dating his daughter and treating him and Peter like crap because of it, he still genuinely loves his daughter.
- Manly Tears: When his sick mother passes on. Unlike a lot of sad moments in the show, it's not Played for Laughs in any way besides his early return setting the stage for farce and Peter making an insensitive comment.
- The Medic: He was an EMT prior to his introduction, and he’s able to successfully save Lois after she was choking on food. However, this aspect of his character is never brought up after his introductory episode, likely as a result of him being the new owner of The Drunken Clam.
- New Old Flame: Subverted. He and Lois used to date years ago, but they're just friends now. That didn't stop Peter from getting jealous though.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Kevin Michael Richardson confirmed that Jerome's voice was based off of late singer/songwriter Barry White.
- No-Sell: In "Pawtucket Pete", his voice is completely unaffected by all the helium leaking from Brian's parade float.
- Only Sane Man: Outside the occasional Jerkass Ball moment, he's one of the few rational and level-headed characters in the entire series.
- Parental Hypocrisy: Again, he, a black man, dated Lois, a white woman and objects to his daughter Pam dating Chris, Lois's son.
- Sixth Ranger: Peter initially wanted him to fill Cleveland's vacancy as the token black guy of their group.
- Token Minority: Served as this from his debut before Cleveland returned to Quahog after The Cleveland Show was cancelled.
Seamus Levine
Seamus Levine
Voiced by: Seth MacFarlane
Debut: "A Fish Out of Water"
- Ambiguously Jewish: Levine is a Jewish surname, though otherwise there's nothing Jewish about him. In a deleted scene for one episode, he was shown attending the same church as the Griffins and, in Road to the North Pole, he's shown celebrating Christmas.
- An Arm and a Leg: His whole torso is wooden, not just his arms and legs.
- Artistic License – Biology: While viewers were initially lead to believe only his arms and legs were wooden, it’s revealed that his torso is also wooden, meaning he’s a human head on an otherwise wooden body. Peter lampshades this in one episode.Peter: What-uh... How the hell are you alive?
- Father Neptune: He mostly fits into this archetype, since he's certainly seen a lot in his days.
- Flanderization: Older fans of the show best remember him for giving helpful-but-cryptic advice to Peter during his problem of the week. Nowadays he's treated as more of a joke.
- Flat Character: There's little to him other than his wooden limbs and stereotypical seadog personality. In "Christmas is Coming", Quagmire dismisses him as "barely a character".
- Handicapped Badass: He is able to pull off some feats that one wouldn't normally expect from someone with a mostly wooden body.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Almost his entire body is made of wood, save for his head. He states in one episode that his father was a tree, which may have been a sarcastic response to Quagmire asking if he was in an accident.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In "Con Heiress", he refers to himself as a "tertiary character".
- May–December Romance:
- Downplayed but in one episode he was going to go to the dance with Chris and is visibly upset when Chris calls it off, calling himself “ugly and unloveable”.
- In "Follow the Money", he pursues a relationship with Meg.
- Multiple-Choice Past: The reason for his lost limbs varies according to Rule of Funny.
- Running Gag: He tends to melodramatically explain the same event multiple times and then state the same event shortly and bluntly.
Death
Death
Voiced By: Norm Macdonald (Season 2), Adam Carolla ("Wasted Talent" - present)
Debut: "Death Is a Bitch"
- Ambiguously Jewish: He's got a Jewish Mother, anyway.
- Deadpan Snarker: Mainly when he was voiced by Norm MacDonald and not Adam Carolla.
- Death Is a Loser: Death's a dork that still lives with his mother, can't get a date and breaks his ankle trying to chase Peter, who he mistook for being dead just because Peter faked his death on a form.
- Death Takes a Holiday: Part of a first-season episode.
- Disappeared Dad: Makes an off-hand comment about his dad not being around anymore."Man, I wish Dad was still dead."
- Don't Fear the Reaper: He's a pretty nice guy, if a bit of a loser.
- The Grim Reaper: Death is portrayed as an okay guy who just kills people with a touch of his hand.
- I Love the Dead: How he lost his virginity. It Makes Sense in Context.
- Jerkass: While in the Griffins' care, Death makes crude remarks towards their lack of good television channels, choice of various magazines, and scolds Lois's cocoa by claiming it "tastes like crap". Despite all this, the Griffins still take care of him, mostly to buy them time to negotiate him sparing Peter.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's kind of ungrateful, rude and blunt to Lois and Meg in his debut episode, but he's still a pretty decent guy who agreed to spare Peter and has often helped him out quite a few times.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Death is sick of being labeled a bad guy because he's doing a job that has to be done, which is shown to be exactly right as we see how reckless and stupid people would be if they knew they couldn't die.
- Only Sane Man: Yes, the Grim Reaper is one of the sanest people in this show. Let that sink in.
- Put on a Bus: Wasn't seen for a while after season 5, but later subverted as he started appearing again. However this again the case in recent years, as Death has not appeared even as a cameo after season 12.
- Screaming at Squick: In one episode when Peter tries to get Death a date, he goes on about what they need to do like getting nice clothes and visiting a salon. As Peter is talking he pulls down Death's hood and from behind Death's head simply looks like a skull (with insects and a snake crawling all over it), but from Peter's point of view it's so horrible that he screams in terror then goes right back to talking normally to Death as though nothing happened. Once Death walks away, Peter promptly vomits.
- The only clue we get about Death's true face is when he's invited over for dinner at the Griffins' house. He inserts an entire turkey leg into the darkness under his hood and pulls it out a second later, meat picked clean from the bone.
- There was a brief reveal of his face in the episode where the people of Quahog were drinking Pawtucket Ale for a chance for the Golden Ticket to tour its factory. He came to reap one such group who had died of alcohol poisoning then decides to give the contest a try. He picks up a beer, pulls back his hood (revealing it to be a normal skull seemingly lacking the cosmetics Peter was horrified at), and uses his eye socket to pry the cap to the beer.
- The only clue we get about Death's true face is when he's invited over for dinner at the Griffins' house. He inserts an entire turkey leg into the darkness under his hood and pulls it out a second later, meat picked clean from the bone.
Elle Hitler
Elle Hitler
Voiced By: Alex Borstein
Debut: "Petergeist"
The town librarian.
- Ascended Extra: Prior to "Wild Wild West" she did not have much characterization, and her appearances were sporadic at best. Peter even refers to her as being a "third-tier character with a joke name".
- Glurge Addict: Portrayed as a stereotypical middle-aged woman obsessed with "cute" things.
- Loony Librarian: Downplayed. While not nearly as kooky as some of the other residents of Quahog, she's a quirky woman who does things like sending someone a birthday card in Spanish (even though they don't speak Spanish).
- Pungeon Master: She's a big fan of making very lame puns, and often laughs at her own jokes.
- Punny Name: Not on its own, but it becomes this when she's greeted with "Hi Elle Hitler!".
- Sudden Name Change: Was originally called Joanna before being changed to Elle Hitler in "Wild Wild West".
- Unfortunate Name: Elle Hitler. Oddly enough, Peter is the only one who seems to have a problem with it.
Mayor Wild West
Mayor Wild West
Voiced By: Sam Elliott
Debut: "Wild Wild West"
The new mayor of Quahog and the cousin of the late Mayor Adam West.
- Beware the Nice Ones: When Peter sneaks into his home to cut off his mustache, his mustache literally comes to life on its own and attacks Peter in self-defense. Despite this incident, Wild West holds no grudge against Peter.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Not to the extent of his cousin, but he's still pretty up there.
- The Comically Serious: He often carries himself with a calm, unflappable demeanour, no matter craziness he is involved in.
- Ink-Suit Actor: His design is modeled after his voice actor, Sam Elliott.
- Manly Facial Hair: He's posses a large mustache and is considered one of the manliest characters in Quohog as evident by his work on his ranch, his muscular physique, and his craftsmanship.
- Nice Guy: He's quite genial to just about everyone.
- Real Men Wear Pink: He's a registered doula note , supports women's rights, and raised 16 daughters into being "strong, independent women".
- Redeeming Replacement: His cousin was infamous for wasting taxpayer money and government resources on incredibly inane pursuits, in addition to possibly being a sociopathic serial killer. Wild West, despite his own eccentricities, is shown to be fairly responsible, genial, and levelheaded.
- Testosterone Poisoning: His whole lifestyle.
Carl
The gas station guy.
Judge Dignified Q. Blackman
A recurring judge.Voiced by Phil Lamar
Horace
Voiced by John G. BrennanThe original bartender of the Drunken Clam.
Al Harrington
The guy who sells Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tubemen
Jim Kaplan
A con artist.
Quagmire Family
Ida Davis
Ida Davis
Voiced By: Seth MacFarlane
Debut: "Quagmire's Dad"
Formerly known as "Dan Quagmire", Ida is a trans woman and Quagmire's father. She is also a former war veteran. She visited Quahog to undergo gender affirming surgery, and stayed in town upon receiving it.
- Ambiguously Bi: She was married to Crystal prior to transitioning but also enjoys the company of men in the navy and had sex with Brian.
- Didn't Think This Through: She was so quick to change genders that she didn't realize until too late how it would affect her son.
- Easy Sex Change: She's having sex with Brian on the day after the the operation.
- In "Valantines Day in Quohog" he tells her "You still have bit's of penis left", though he may have just been being spiteful.
- Good Parents: Both pre-op and post-op, Ida has always been a supportive and loving parent for Quagmire. This is notable due to the amount of screwed up parents and families on the show, including Quagmire's mother. It's implied that had she been more physically present for Quagmire's childhood (she was a soldier away from home), he wouldn't have such a ludicrous sex drive.
- Jerkass Ball: Since the operation, she has a habit of judging other women's tastes and their cooking.
- Late Coming Out: Came out as transgender and had operational surgery at 61.
- Magical Minority Person: The only real quirk that Ida has is being transgender (with her being Camp Straight pre-operation as a result of her gender dysphoria). Beyond that, she's almost always consistently grounded and rational, a stark contrast to most of the other characters on the show.
- Mistaken for Gay: Ida was mistaken for being a homosexual man when she was actually in the process of gender transitioning into a woman. Yes, gay and being transgender are two different things (even if Peter and Lois say otherwise).
- Morality Chain: To Quagmire, he's frequently shown to care about her opinion of him.
- Nice Girl: Ida is a very benevolent individual who only wants what's best for her son and for other people.
- Older Than She Looks: Taking into consideration that Quagmire is 61. Even more so after the sex reassignment surgery.
- Once Done, Never Forgotten: The Griffins love reminding Brian and Quagmire that Brian had sex with her.
- Parental Incest: She went along with Sonja's plan for her to have sex with her son and was surprisingly casual about it. When they're together they usually act Like an Old Married Couple.
- Pronoun Trouble: Brian is the only character who refers to her with female pronouns because he's the only one who met her as a woman.
- Really Gets Around: According to Quagmire, pre-transition she had sex with more women than her son.
- Rebuilt Pedestal: Quagmire greatly admires her until she reveals his gender identity. Later, Quagmire realizes that he was too rude about the situation and accepts the sex change (and he's the only character who really does so).
- Retcon: In "Quagmire's Dad" it was said that Ida kept her penis but had it turned inside out in order to stimulate a vagina. Fast forward to "The Unkindest Cut" where it's shown that she had it removed after the sex change by giving it to her son as a replacement after his penis gets bitten off by a shark. In a further instance of Continuity Snarl, she also gives it to Peter after (s)he receives and subsequently comes to regret getting a hasty sex change operation in order to get preferential treatment in public and at work.
- Retired Badass: Pre-operation, she was a highly decorated naval officer.
- Trans Relationship Troubles: When Ida came out as transgender, everyone (except Quagmire) treated her with disgust, threw out the food she brought as a gift and Brian vomited after sleeping with her and stuck her with their hotel bill.
- What Does She See in Him?: She and Brian are frequent sexual partners and even tried to date once to spite his obnoxious and transphobic behavior around her, the only reason she didn't pursue a relationship with him was because of her son's hatred of him.
Crystal Quagmire
Crystal Quagmire
Voiced By: Allison Janey
Debut: "Quagmire's Mom"
Quagmire's birth mother and Ida's ex-wife. Her neglect and promiscuity during Quagmire's childhood affected him, upon which she returns to him when he's an adult and tries to make amends.
- Ambiguously Bi: Crystal enjoys sleeping with men but is implied to have slept with her ex spouse Ida on a cruise by Quagmire.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: In her earlier appearance
◊, she looked more like Bonnie but with longer hair and a slimmer build. - Extreme Libido: Her sex drive was so overwhelming that she gave birth to Quagmire 9 times at her request, slept with many men to the point that Quagmire recited the alphabet from it and slept with his male classmates when Quagmire could've gone to prom.
- Mama Bear: She comes to her son Quagmire's defense, regardless of the circumstances (he slept with an underage girl).
- Parental Incest: Implied. When Quagmire was born, his head was so big that Crystal's only concern was whether the doctor could put him back inside of her so that she could push him out again (simulating intercourse). Quagmire was born nine times that day.
- Really Gets Around: Something Quagmire inherited from her, she has slept with many men as when she entered the court room to defend Quagmire and all the men present in the court room recognized her.
- Outlivingones Offspring: Her daughter has apparently passed away.
Brenda Quagmire
Brenda Quagmire
Voiced By: Kaitlin Olson
Debut: "Jerome Is the New Black"
Glenn Quagmire's little sister who was in an abusive relationship with Jeff Fecalman.
- Broken Bird: Her relationship with Jeff leads to her being this.
- Broken Tears: Brenda at the end of the episode with her abusive boyfriend.
- Bus Crash: She was killed off unceremoniously between season 10 and 18.
- Extreme Doormat: Despite Quagmire encouraging her to leave Jeff, she agrees to marry him. Even Joe agrees she's this. What's worse, in the episode that featured her and her abusive relationship, she never grows a backbone and realizes that she doesn't deserve the shabby treatment her boyfriend gives her, meaning, if she comes back, she'll most likely have yet another abusive boyfriend.
- Horrible Judge of Character: A rather unfortunate example, as she never truly realized that Jeff was bad for her.
- Imperiled in Pregnancy: She was pregnant with her and Jeff's baby around the time of the domestic abuse.
- Marital Rape License: From what we've seen of her and Jeff's relationship and that she's pregnant, it wouldn't be much a stretch to say this happened.
- Morality Pet: For her brother Glenn. She is one of the few people to bring out his somewhat noble aspects.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: She's gentle and kind unlike her sex offending brother.
- Sudden Name Change: In "Jerome is the New Black," Quagmire's sister was named "Harriet", and Kaitlin Olson didn't voice her. Instead, Nana Visitor did.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Thanks to the polarizing reception of "Screams of Silence", the writers seem to make sure to distance themselves as much as possible. Brenda hasn't been seen since, and it's not even clear what happened to her (or her unborn baby) afterwards. To the point where some fans believe she was straight up retconned out of existence, as the episode "Trans Fat" implies that Quagmire is Ida's only child. In "Coma Guy", she's absent during Quagmire's Thanksgiving dinner in the episode "Shanksgiving", and she is seen on a cruise ship with characters who have died throughout the series, meaning that she was most likely Killed Offscreen.
Supporting cast
Consuela
Consuela
Voiced By: Mike Henry
Debut: "Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air"
A lazy, stubborn, kleptomanic Hispanic housemaid who once worked at the Griffins' residence and pops up elsewhere on occasion.
- Ascended Extra: Debuted in a Cutaway Gag, she became a "regular" character on the show interacting with the other "normal" characters.
- Character Catchphrase: Three.
- "No, no... I stay."
- "Need more lemon Pledge."
- "No, eh, no."
- Charles Atlas Superpower: In "Space Cadet", upon learning that the Griffins are out in space and might not come back (they do, of course), she takes their home. Not simply taking over inhabitance, but literally dragging the house to her neighborhood.
- Creepy Housekeeper: Not so much creepy, as she is annoying and weird, still, she's a little "off".
- Determinator: She will never take no for an answer. She'll even refuse to be fired.
- Ethnic Menial Labor: Played for Laughs. Her whole character is that she's a stereotypical Hispanic maid/housekeeper.
- Early-Bird Cameo: She first showed up in the season 6 episode, Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air, where she was asking for more lemon Pledge.
- Jerkass: When she worked for the Griffins, she played loud music while cleaning and refused to switch it off, wouldn't go home because it was raining, which led to her sharing a bed with Chris (and taking all the covers), and stole some of Stewie's play money (even taunting him when he demanded it back).
- Karma Houdini: She once literally stole the Griffins' entire house, as in, "She picked it up and dragged it back to her bad neighbourhood." She was never called out or arrested for this, though who would want to?
- Lazy Mexican: She is lazy, prone to theft, not especially helpful if it means extra work, goes home to an overcrowded house with an impossible number of residents, and very passive-aggressive. She even refuses to work at times.
- Smoke Out: She can do this with lemon Pledge.
- Sticky Fingers: In a couple of episodes. In "Dog Gone", she takes a lamp (after Peter told her not to throw it away) and, in "Space Cadet", she takes the entire house of the Griffins when she thought they were dead.
- Stubborn Mule: When the Griffins tried to fire her (in Dog Gone), she wouldn't budge.
- The Thing That Would Not Leave: In "Dog Gone", the Griffins fired her, yet she still came into work, and she wouldn't leave even when paid to, forcing Peter to knock her out with chloroform and leave her on Joe's porch. Not to mention that she shared a bed with Chris when it was raining one night.
- You No Take Candle: Played straight when she first appeared (for example, she would say "I take home?" instead of "May I take it home?"), however, this seems to be downplayed in her later appearances.
Jillian Russell
Jillian Russell
Voiced By: Drew Barrymore
Debut: "Whistle While Your Wife Works"
Brian's girlfriend during season 5.
- Ambiguously Jewish: Played for LaughsJillian: How do I know if I'm Jewish?Brian: Are you Jewish?Jillian: No.Brian: There you go, champ.
- Ascended Extra: She was supposed to be a one shot character, however, they liked her character so much that they decided to make her a regular.
- Brainless Beauty: Low in intelligence, but making up for it with her attractiveness and friendly disposition.
- Camera Fiend: She's a photographer, as mentioned by Brian while defending her. Stewie mocks her for it."That is so lame! Every hot girl who can aim a camera is a photographer. Oooooh, you took a black and white picture of a lawn chair and its shadow, and developed it at Sav-On. You must be so brooding and deep."
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Following her cameo in Season 12's "Life of Brian", she wouldn't be seen again until Season 16's "Follow the Money" which aired nearly four years later. Her appearance in said episode also marked the first time she'd spoken since "Valentine's Day in Quahog" from Season 11 which aired more than four and a half years earlier.
- Demoted to Extra: After Season 9, she only appears very sporadically.
- The Ditz: She makes Peter and Chris look like a genius. Though she does wise up to Brian thinking she's an idiot and dumps him. She may not be all that bright, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have feelings.
- Dumb Blonde: She is blonde and about the dumbest...Stewie: Now, why in the world would you be embarrassed about dating her?Jillian: Oh, my God, Brian, I was watching something on TV about this guy named Hitler - [gasps] somebody should stop him!Stewie: [to Brian] Are her parents brother and sister? note
- Girl Posse: Has a group of not-so-bright gal pals that Brian tries to hang out with at one point. They all make her look like a grad-student by comparison.
- Happily Married: To Derek Wilcox until he is killed by Diane.
- Innocent Fanservice Girl: She shows traces of this in the episode "Whistle While Your Wife Works". When Brian goes to break up with her, she answers the door wearing a Modesty Towel that she soon takes off and wraps around her hair, exposing her entire naked body. She doesn't appear to be seducing Brian intentionally, but being The Ditz, she doesn't realize the effect her nudity is having on Brian (who has sex with her instead of dumping her as planned).
- Interspecies Romance: With Brian.
- Kind Hearted Simpleton: She might be an utter airhead but she's easily one of the nicer characters on the show.
- Nice Girl: Very much so; unfortunately, Brian and (sometimes) Stewie take advantage of her doormat tendencies to no end.
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
Voiced By: Seth MacFarlane
Debut: "Death Has a Shadow"
42nd President of the United States, he's served as a reoccurring character in the early seasons.
- Cool Old Guy: He cheers Peter up in the hospital after he was hurt trying to help with Bill's motorcade. He helps Peter learn to feel young again and in a previous episode laughs off Chris throwing eggs at him. He's also really good at Dance Dance Revolution.
- Demoted to Extra: He appears far less after "Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey".
- Dirty Old Man: Half of his screentime is spent perving on women who are decades younger than he is.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He helps Peter learn to feel young again, but he also seduces Lois and Peter and rudely rejects Meg's advances by saying "Ewww."
Running Gags
Kool-Aid Man
Kool-Aid Man
Voiced By: Seth MacFarlane
Debut: "Death Has a Shadow"
A gag character who's famous for bursting into the courtroom, exclaiming "OH YEAH!".
- Anthropomorphic Food: Well, more like Anthropomorphic Drink since he's a beverage container, but the same principle still applies.
- Back from the Dead: Although his death was most likely non-canon since it occured in a Cutaway Gag, he still appears in later episodes after Evil Stewie hits him with a baseball bat in "The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair".
- Black Gal on White Guy Drama: His parents were quite alarmed when they learned his girlfriend was the Yoo-Hoo Lady.Kool-Aid Man's Father: Oh no!
- Bloodless Carnage: When he gets hit with a baseball bat by Evil Stewie, he doesn't spill any real blood, although he does leak out all his red juice which is meant to resemble blood.
- Karma Houdini: He never faces any consequences for breaking down walls.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: He finally realizes what it's like to be the target of damaged walls when a car comes crashing into his living room in "Peterotica".
- Politically Incorrect Hero: He reacts to Bruce Straight and Jeffrey's engagement by walking back slowly and repeatedly saying "Oh no" while clutching a Bible, suggesting that he's a homophobe.
- Running Gag: Bursting into the courtroom and exclaiming "OH YEAH" after the trial says "Oh no!" one by one.
- Stock Audio Clip: The recording of his line "OH YEAH!" has been used ever since the pilot episode.
Greased-up Deaf Guy
Greased-up Deaf Guy
Voiced By: Mike Henry
Debut: "The Thin White Line"
A deaf guy who runs around in his underwear while covered in grease. He first appeared at a picnic held by Peter's company, where one of the activities was trying to catch him. Due to his greasiness, this is very hard to do. He apparently used to be a lawyer.
- Addled Addict: North by North Quahog implies that he is (or was) addicted to cocaine
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He wasn't seen again, since Season 15's "Inside Family Guy". But, however, he reappeared in Season 19's "The First No L".
- Early-Bird Cameo: He was first seen in The Thin White Line back in season 3.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Well, he's deaf...and covered in grease.
- Naked People Are Funny: Is usually naked or wearing underwear.
- No Name Given: He's just the "Greased-Up Deaf Guy".
Vern and Johnny
Vern and Johnny
Voiced By: Seth MacFarlane (Vern), Voiceless (Johnny)
Debut: "Holy Crap" (Vern), "Blind Ambition" (Johnny)
A vaudeville duo who perform routines together in Cutaway Gags.
- All There in the Script: Vern's name is not revealed in the show, and only seen on official scripts.
- Ambiguous Situation: While Johnny was sent to Hell for being a pedophile, Vern's exact fate in the afterlife is never mentioned since he’s on the surface world as a ghost.
- Back for the Dead: Their only appearance in Season 5 has them getting shot and killed by Stewie.
- The Bus Came Back: Despite being shot to death by Stewie in "Saving Private Brian", they make reappearances. They do a postmortem routine in "Back to the Woods", and they make cameos in "A Lot Going On Upstairs" and "Coma Guy".
- Character Catchphrase: Vern: "Play me off, Johnny!"
- Continuity Nod: "Back to the Woods" references them in the afterlife due to them being killed by Stewie in their last appearance.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Vern's first appearance in "Holy Crap" had him performing without Johnny in a more low-key manner.
- Everyone Has Standards: Vern makes this clear about Johnny.Vern: You're probably wonderin' why he's in Hell... (stern expression) Johnny liked little boys.
- Fat and Skinny: Johnny is the former, Vern is the latter.
- Killed Off for Real: Their fate at the hands of Stewie.Stewie: They're dead. We're never going to see them again.
- Leitmotif: Johnny plays "Galloping Gertie" by Sam Fonteyn in all their routines (except for "Holy Crap" in which Johnny performed alone).
- Pædo Hunt: Vern's ghost says that Johnny was sent to Hell after his death for "liking little boys."
- The Roaring '20s: Some of their routines are based on events of that decade, such as the decline of vaudeville and the Fatty Arbuckle scandal.
- Running Gagged: Stewie kills them both in the middle of one of their routines and tells the audience they won't be coming back.
- The Scrappy: Invoked. Stewie thinks of them as these. According to Word of God, the show relied on them too much and fans thought their acts were getting tiresome.
- The Voiceless: Johnny never spoke in the series.
Paddy Tanniger
Paddy Tanniger
Voiced By: Seth MacFarlane
Debut: "Fore, Father"
A man who says "Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
- Character Catchphrase: "Big whoop, wanna fight about it?", as mentioned above.
- Fiery Redhead: He's a redhead and is a very confrontational guy.
- Jerkass: Quite confrontational, even when nobody's doing anything to offend him.
- Killed Off for Real: Run over with a tank by Brian and Stewie in "Hell Comes to Quahog".
- Laser-Guided Karma: When you go through life always challenging people to fight, eventually somebody's gonna take you up on that offer. Unfortunately in Paddy's case, it was a tank.
- The Napoleon: He's on the short side and is constantly challenging people to fights.
- Perpetual Frowner: Only time Paddy has ever smiled was in his debut, "Fore, Father".
- Redhead In Green: He's a redhead that wears a green polo shirt.
- Too Dumb to Live: Using his catchphrase on a tank rather than running away. Three guesses how that ended.
- Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?: In "Fore, Father", he is working as a caddy manager, but in "The Perfect Castaway", he is seen as one of employees at Quahog Hummer Dealership.
Ernie the Giant Chicken
Nicole
Nicole
The ex-wife of Ernie the Giant Chicken, she appears to be very nice, only to drop this attitude as the seasons pass by.
- Bullying a Dragon: If her attitude towards Lois wasn't bad enough, keep in mind that she LITERALLY dumped her husband for a bigger chicken, implying that she lost interest in her husband due to being unattractive. Keep in mind that the chicken she's antagonizing is the same chicken WHO is capable of beating anyone's ass in a chicken fight, as well as causing mass destruction (which, ironically, is unintentional). She's lucky enough that she didn't get her ass beaten by Ernie the Giant Chicken for what she did...
- Disproportionate Retribution: Started a fight with Lois simply for being friends with her husband.
- Jerkass: By Season 16, she has become this as she is not only rude to Lois, but even dumps her husband for a bigger chicken.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite cheating on her husband, she does have the heart to visit him in Season 19 when he was suffering from bird flu and was on the verge of dying. However, whether this is out of genuine shame for how she treated him or is only doing this for the sake of her children is left ambiguous...
- Nice Girl: Used to be this in Season 5. Until later seasons in which she became a jerk by antagonizing Lois SIMPLY for her friendship with her husband.
- Karma Houdini: Despite dumping her husband, she gets no comeuppance as a result.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Used to be a sweet chicken in Season 5 when she and Ernie invited Peter out to dinner just so the latter could make amends with him for their fights (she even tries to stop the two from arguing, only to be told to stay out of their conflicts by Peter). That is, until Season 16, in which she antagonized Lois simply for her friendship with her husband, even getting into a fight (which was less severe compared to those of Ernie's and Peter's) with her. This gets taken up to eleven in Season 19 in which she decides to dump her husband just for a more attractive chicken.
Evil Monkey
Evil Monkey
Voiced by: Danny Smith
Debut: "Dammit Janet"
A long-tailed macaque with a menacing glare and pointing finger who lives in Chris's closet.
- The Bus Came Back: The monkey did make a comeback later on. He appears with Peter to save Cleveland and his friends from being raped by a group of men in The Cleveland Show As for appearances in Family Guy itself, the Evil Monkey eventually returned 11 seasons after his last appearance in "Wild Wild West", joining in with Wild West's performance of "Arizona Moon" alongside numerous other animal characters.
- Cerebus Retcon: Originally a purely comedic character, he was given a backstory and reasons of why he acted that way.
- Good All Along: In "Hannah Banana", Chris captures him to prove his existence to his parents. It is revealed he points at people to strike up a conversation, suffers from a copper deficiency which explains why his arm shakes, and the sinister expression is merely the face he makes while he's thinking. He explains to the family his true origins and how he never intended to harm Chris. It is revealed he is not actually evil, but was rather in a "bad place" in his life after he caught his wife in bed with another monkey in "Ready, Willing, and Disabled".
- His Name Really Is "Barkeep": A partial example. When Chris finally catches and exposes him to the family, we learn that his name really is "Monkey", although not "Evil".
- Put on a Bus: After "Hannah Banana" he moved from Chris' bedroom to Jake Tucker's bedroom, and wasn't seen again aside from one of the Star Wars parodies.
- Silly Simian: The Evil Monkey is mainly used as a Running Gag character, with the absurdity of a monkey living in Chris's closet being part of the humor of it.
- Start of Darkness: According to Chris he turned bad after he caught his wife in bed with another monkey. Subverted when it turns out he's still a nice guy.
- Took a Level in Kindness: In "Hannah Banana", it's clear that he took a level in this since Chris learned to trust him.
Tomik and Bellgarde
Voiced by: Alec Sulkin and John Viener
Two foreign guys living in Quahog who "almost sound American".- Funny Foreigner: Their poor grasp of English is the most common joke with them.
- Intentional Engrish for Funny: Their dialogue.
- Life of the Party: They're always talking about partying.
- Non-Specifically Foreign: The closest we get is "European".
